The State Bar of Wisconsin is working to help lawyers with both personal and professional difficulties brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Legal services are defined as essential businesses and operations under Gov. Tony Evers' Safer at Home order issued on Tuesday.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently issued an order adopting a modification to the state’s default-judgment rule.

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For the first time in a decade, the State Bar of Wisconsin’s next president will be a woman.

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Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel lashed out at the state bar association on Wednesday for nominating a lawyer convicted in a sexual assault years ago for a prestigious award, saying the decision sends a horrible message to victims.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently issued an order this week outlining its decision to deny a petition that would have reined in how the State Bar of Wisconsin can spend the dues that lawyers must pay when they are licensed to practice in the state.

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For many people, the smartphone has become almost a new appendage.

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For days after a fire destroyed Jen Hanna’s law office, she returned to the charred pit, hoping to meet the clients she could no longer contact.

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A shareholder at Davis & Kuelthau SC and the general counsel at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC will square off in the 2015 race to lead the State Bar of Wisconsin.

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I’m going to pass on the State Bar of Wisconsin’s “Ultimate Pass” for continuing legal education.

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Serving as president of the State Bar of Wisconsin is like riding a Ferris wheel that goes around only once.

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As a new attorney, Jim Friedman heard colleagues’ stories about Charles L. Goldberg, a Marquette University Law School alumnus who went on to head the State Bar of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Bar and Fellows of the American Bar Foundation.

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There’s a potential ethical threat lurking in electronic documents.

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An ad hoc committee of the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Appellate Practice Section has developed a checklist to assist lawyers and litigants in writing and filing briefs with the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.

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Glendale solo practitioner Randy Enochs hates to turn away business, even if it means catering to a combative client.

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Lawyers are impassioned debaters, but not, apparently, when it comes to their wallets.

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Many attorneys in state don’t realize how much they pay in annual bar dues and are dealing with challenges of pressure and work-life balance, according to the results of a State Bar of Wisconsin study.

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State Bar dues may spike more than 15 percent next year, but assessments imposed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court will drop, albeit slightly.

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On Tuesday, the State Bar of Wisconsin released its list of candidates for 16 open seats on the Board of Governors.

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Live streaming of the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Board of Governors meetings would increase visibility of bar leadership, but some question if anyone would log on to listen.

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Midway through its fiscal year, the State Bar of Wisconsin is facing another six-figure budget deficit, and leaders foresee potentially drastic changes to close the gap.

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People sometimes ask me, “Don’t you have anything nice to say about the State Bar of Wisconsin?”

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The State Bar of Wisconsin announced two candidates Friday for 2012 president-elect.

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The State Bar of Wisconsin has withdrawn its federal trademark infringement lawsuit against LexisNexis.

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Lawyers who want to practice past the age of 70 would have to pay to do so under a proposed change to the State Bar of Wisconsin’s dues structure.

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Former Calumet County District Attorney Ken Kratz is facing a six-month suspension of his law license for 11 counts of alleged misconduct, but the unusual circumstances may warrant a different sanction.

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Attorney Julianne Barker worried about isolation eight years ago when she left the Milwaukee area to open a solo practice in rural Vernon County.

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Deflation has claimed almost every possible victim in the past four agonizing years. It seems the only thing that has inflated is the rash use of the language by politicians.

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Attorney Art Harrington never took an environmental law course during his time at the University of Wisconsin Law School.

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A bill that would make prenuptial agreements ironclad is drawing a fight from judges and family law attorneys who argue fairness would go out the window with flexibility.

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